RUSSIA NEWS

• EU Expands Russia Sanctions Regime
• Canada Amends and Expands Sanctions on Russia
• Canada Amends and Expands Sanctions on Ukraine
• UK Freezes Approximately $23 Million of Ukraine-Connected Assets
• US Issues Ukraine-Related Sanctions Regulations, Authorises Certain Legal Services to Blocked Persons
• Putin Signs New Law on Payment Systems

UK NEWS

• House of Commons Considers the Cost Effectiveness of Sanctions

US NEWS

• OFAC Reissues Syrian Sanctions Regulations and Blocks Property of Syrian and Russian Individuals, Syrian Companies and Russian Bank
• US Authorises New Sanctions in Response to Conflict in the Central African Republic; Designates 5 Individuals
• US Designates Individuals and Companies as Narcotics Traffickers
• US Targets Two Individuals Under Recent South Sudan Sanctions
• US Insurer Settles with OFAC Under Cuban Assets Control Regulations
• US-Incorporated Spanish-Language Travel Website Settles Allegations of Providing Cuba Travel Services
• Individual Settles Alleged Violations of Iranian Sanctions
• US Firm and Individuals Indicted for Shipping Machinery to Iran

UN NEWS

• UN and EU Remove Individuals from Al-Qaida Sanctions List
• UN Lifts Ivory Coast Diamonds Ban and Eases Arms Embargo